An Optimization Approach To Assessing the Self-Sustainability Potential of Food Demand in the Midwestern United States
Conventional agriculture faces significant challenges as world population grows, food demand increases, and mobility becomes increasingly constrained. Reducing the distance food needs to travel is an important goal of sustainability and resiliency, particularly in the context of a variety of transp...
Main Authors: | Guiping Hu, Lizhi Wang, Susan Arendt, Randy Boeckenstedt |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Thomas A. Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems
2016-07-01
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Series: | Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development |
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Online Access: | https://www.foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/article/view/106 |
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